Miyamoto Musashi is generally regarded as the greatest and technically best samurai of all time.
\nWe tell his story.\n<\/p>\n
\nA note first: What we know today about Musashi Miyamoto's early life is difficult to verify. This is because all he left behind after his death were notes and writings about his sword fighting techniques.<\/p>\n
However, most Japanese historians agree that Miyamoto Musashi was born in 1584 in the Year of the Monkey. At this time, Japan was in a state of civil war in which several parties were trying to gain power over the country.<\/p>\n
Miyamoto Musashi was named after his birthplace - Miyamoto. His father was already a recognised samurai fighter. He taught the young Musashi the teachings of Japanese sword fighting kenjutsu and jittejutsu, as is traditional among the samurai. Even then, it quickly became clear that Musashi had a great talent for kenjutsu in particular.<\/p>\n
As his mother died shortly after he was born, his stepmother Toshiko took care of him. When his father separated from her, he sent Musashi to be educated by his uncle Dorin, a monk. There he learnt to read and write as well as the teachers of Zen Buddhism.<\/p>\n
Little is known about the whereabouts of Musashi's father. Some claim that he abandoned his son completely at the age of 9-10. Others say that he died in a duel around this time. What is certain is that he was always strict and unrelenting in his demands on Musashi and had little love for him.<\/p>\n
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